24. Onyx
Chapter twenty-four
Onyx
Five months later
F or the last six months, we have been trying to figure out who took Iris and why? The suspicious note wasn't helpful at all, not giving us any leads in finding Iris. Yes, there are a lot of people who want to take Ember's position as Don from her. But kidnapping her sister wasn’t gonna get them that position. Knowing our Goddess, it was just going to piss her off more, to where she shows them all what she can do and why she is the Don.
Today, we are going on a hunt for Denis Orlov. We have been keeping tabs on him for the last six months and have been waiting for the right time to get him. Denis is a slippery fucker to say the least. It has been brought to our attention that he's been running his mouth and gloating about how he knows where Iris is. Our reliable source has him going to Chertanov Casino "Emeralds Wild" tonight. Gambling all of Daddy's money away, like always.
This is a very special night tonight because our Goddess of Death is coming along to play.
Everyone is lounging in the living room killing time and waiting for a text from Caden to inform us that Denis has arrived at Emeralds Wild. Ember has her head in my lap with her legs on Blaze while we watch trash TV. Ezra is laying on the one couch, to the left mindlessly playing on his phone while Aspen is sprawled out on the other couch, to the right staring at the ceiling like a creepy fucker.
"I can't wait to kill someone tonight. It has been way too long." I say, breaking the silence in the room.
"I'm excited to see you guys in action finally." She expresses like a kid in a candy store.
"Do you remember what they call us?" Aspen asks her.
"Yes, The Four Horsemen." Ember replies a bit confused.
"But, do you know why?" Blaze questions Ember.
"No, why do they call you that?" She asks .
"I am known as Pestilence because the way I kill is by injecting them with diseases and watching them die a slow, painful death." Ezra says with his sly, yet evil smirk.
"I’m Famine because I like to starve and dehydrate my victims over the course of days." Aspens says, looking over at us with a sinister grin.
"I am known as War because I go in guns a blazing and don't give a fuck who stands in my way." Blaze states, squeezing Ember's thigh.
"Save the best for last I see, I am Death because I end up just seeing red and don't stop until everyone around me is laying in bloody piles of limbs and bodies. Plus, I always get horny after a kill.” I say, leaning down and nibbling on her ear.
"So, because of that, we all wear black demon masks, with horns and each horsemen's symbol on the corresponding mask and whatever clothes we want." Ezra adds in, putting his phone in his pocket as he stands up and stretches.
"Okay that's pretty badass. I wish I had a good nickname and outfit for when I kill." She states, her lips pursed in concentration. My brothers and I share a silent moment while we stare at each other and smile .
"Why are y'all smiling?" She asks.
"Because, Little Siren, you have a nickname, and we gave it to you years ago. The Goddess of Death." I say biting my lower lip.
"I don't get it. Why The Goddess of Death?" She asks, looking at each one of us for clarification.
"Because, Little Fury, no matter who it is you leave no survivors." Blaze states and her face lights up with the realization.
"I actually like that." She says a huge grin lighting up her face.
My phone dings. Looking down and seeing the text is from Snow Bunny.
Snow Bunny He is here.
Onyx Thanks, my Little Snow Bunny
Snow Bunny Fuck Onyx, I told you to quit calling me that……
Snow Bunny My Little Fire Flame
Onyx You know you love it. ;P
Locking my phone screen. "It's time to get ready and head out." I say to everyone.
We all head upstairs and into our rooms to get ready. I go into the closet to pull out my combat boots, black jeans, and a black V-neck tee. The masks and our weapons are already in the car, hidden in the secret compartment. We can never be too prepared if a job arises. Once I am dressed, I head over to Ember's room. Her door is shut, but I walk right in.
"You ready Little Siren?" I ask as I enter, stopping in my tracks at the sight of her bent over, zipping up her boot. She then turns around, and I am speechless. She is wearing tight ass black ripped jeans, an emerald green low-cut tank top, and black thigh high heels. Green garters adorn her thighs, the one on the right thigh doubles as a gun holster and at the top of her left boot, my emerald green knife handle sticks out just enough for her to grab it. There are two emerald green and black semi-automatic pistols on her bed. She puts the one in her holster and the other in the back of her jeans.
"Almost, I just need to find my birth control so I can take it. But every time I get a new pack it goes missing. Have you seen it?" She asks me and I try to hide my smile.
"I threw them away, just like the ones before." I state bluntly and run out of her room giggling like a schoolgirl, as she is chasing me
"Onyx, what the fuck! Get back here you white pebble pecker!" She yells at my back, trying to keep up.
Reaching the stairs, I take them two at a time then jump the last five. Running over to Blaze, who is at the door waiting for everyone else and I hide behind him.
Peeking around his shoulder, I see Ember barreling past Aspen and Ezra once she reaches the bottom of the staircase.
"Onyx, you can't hide behind him forever" She shouts.
"Yes, I can, and I will." I retort.
"She is pissed the fuck off. What did you do?" Blaze asks me.
"Yeah, Onyx what did you do? Tell them." She says pointing her hand at everyone and everyone is staring at me, even Blaze has moved.
"I have been throwing away all of her birth control, and I will keep doing it. I love the thought of you being pregnant. You would look so hot with a baby bump." I casually say.
"Ty tupoy pridurok. YA ne khochu seychas beremenet'. Poshel ty. (You stupid dickhead. I don't wanna get pregnant right now. Fuck you.) " She says walking out the door and slamming it behind her.
"That went well." I say with a grin.
"Go get in the car you fucktard." Ezra states pointing to the door like I am a child. So, I act like one, pouting and stomping my feet as I head out the door. Ezra, Aspen, and Blaze laugh as they follow behind me.
Once we arrive at Emerald's Wild, we park the SUV at the back entrance .
"Remember, no killing here, just hurting and kidnapping Denis." Aspen states from beside me in the middle seat.
"Yes, we all know this already. Everyone have everything? So, we can go release Caden." Ezra asks from the passenger seat.
"I would have everything if someone wouldn't throw out my birth control." Ember snaps in my direction from the other side of the backseat.
"Little Storm, we also got you this." Aspen says, handing her a black demon mask like ours but with the Goddess of Death's symbol.
"Thank you. I love it." She shrieks as she hugs Aspen and glares at me over her shoulder.
"That symbol in the middle of the forehead is the Goddess of Deaths." I state with pride as she looks it over.
"We can set up an appointment to get you an IUD or the implant in your arm." Blaze suggests from the driver seat.
“THE pills were working just fine, until they magically found their way to the trash” She glares at me.
"Okay, let's go do this so I can have some fun," I say, as we all put our masks on. Getting out of the car and walking around to open Ember's door. As soon as I pull on the handle she kicks her door open and right into my stomach.
"Ow, Little Siren, you keep hurting me and my feelings, I might just fuck you in front of everyone once we are inside." I say shutting her door and slapping her ass. She goes to hit me, but I stop her hand, pull her closer, and lick her face.
"Put your mask on." I scold her.
"I'm not wearing it, I want him to know it’s me and not to fuck with the Chertanov Family." She says, walking away towards the others.
Knocking on the backdoor, Caden opens it up and we all pile in.
"Are you guys good?" He asks, looking at Ember's pissed off face and back at all of us.
"Yeah, we're good, and you can go do whatever was so important." I say back.
"Oh, he is at the VIP poker tables and doing very badly. Plus, it's nothing important. I just don't wanna be involved." He retorts and is out the door before I can say anything back.
"Let's get this over with." Ember states as she starts walking forward. I can't stop staring at her ass in those jeans. FUCK , she’s going to be the death of me, needing to readjust myself before walking.
I feel a hard slap on the back of my head. "Walk ya perv." Ezra says with a laugh.
Catching up to Ember, about to start climbing the staircase to the VIP section, when the bouncer stops Ember holding his arm out to halt her progress.
"VIPs only," he snapped with a rude, cocky tone crossing his arms over his muscled chest.
"Move yourself now, or you will be fired." Ember demands. Satan she is hot as fuck when she gets bossy.
"Little Girl, go home to daddy." He sneers, looking right past her.
"Here we go." I say to my brothers, them all nodding in agreement. We can all see her stance change and in one swift motion she pulls her gun out and holds it between his eyes.
"I. Said. Fucking. MOVE! " She enunciates each word with lethal command. This dude is six foot and probably weighs 300 pounds of pure muscle and looks like he’s about to piss himself.
"I can't. It’s the boss's rule." He wavers, shaking and sweating like a pig.
"Who is your boss?" She asks calmly, tilting her head to the side in question. I don't know if her being pissed off or calm is scarier.
"I don't know, never met her. I do know she is the new Don and her name is Ember Chertanov." He sounds like he is gonna cry.
She reaches into her back pocket, and pulls something out and shoves it in his face. "Tell me the name on my license."
"Ember Cher- Chertanov.'' He says, shaking as he hands her her license back.
"Exactly cock sucker. So that makes me your fucking boss. You have two options here and I really hope that little brain of yours is smart enough to choose correctly. One, move out of my fucking way and live. Or two, stay there and I kill you on the spot for disrespecting the Don. Which one will you choose?" Tik. Tok. She says, cocking her head to the side, waiting for his answer. He ends up moving to the side with the gun still in his face as she follows his movement.
"Good boy.” She purrs, rubbing the gun down his face and securing it in the holster. Walking past the bouncer, she looks over her shoulder at the quivering man, “You’re FIRED!” She sneers, looking at my brothers and I. “Coming?” She asks, “Or are you going to continue staring at me like you’ve seen a ghost?” She teases, continuing up the stairs to the VIP lounge.
My brothers and I share a look, chuckling darkly as we follow Ember upstairs. Ember b-lines for the far back corner and I can see why. Her eyes set on the prize. When he notices that she is headed his way, he decides it best to speak.
"Ah boys look, Dad sent us a hooker. Come here, pretty baby, and sit on your new Daddy's lap." Denis says, patting his lap. This fucker looks like a wannabe gangster from the bad side of town. But sadly he is just a loser. Denis's teeth are yellowed and he looks like he has been hitting the Meth pipe a little too much, yet his beer belly suggests otherwise. He has shoulder length, greasy, dirty blonde hair that has been dyed red. His hair in two French braids, a red bandana around his head, and a blunt in between his fingers. Who does he think he is? Willy Nelson.
"I'd rather you leave my fucking casino before I drag you out." She states.
"You won't do shit. You will probably just send your four guard dogs after me. You lazy bitch." He says, laying his cards down and staring at her.
"Now, now Denis." She chides, pulling the gun out with the silencer on it .
"You don't own this place, and you won't stay the Don for much longer. Dad will get what he wants and you'll be my new fuck toy." He says, licking his lips.
"Last chance to leave on your own free will." She states, pointing her gun at his head.
"Bitch, you wanna pull a gun on me. You probably can't even fucking use it. Maybe I should fuck you into submission like my brother did. But this time, it will work because you don't have dear old daddy to save you."
“WRONG!” She deadpans, pulling the trigger.
“Missed!” Denis mocks her from his seat.
“Did I?” She smirks, gesturing to his ear, hoping he’ll get the subtle hint. The hiss that escapes Denis’s lips is music to my soul as he reaches up, touching his own ear, taking Embers' hint.
“You filthy whore!” Denis spits out, looking at his now bloody hand and touching his ear again. His eyes widened in shock.
“That was a warning, next time, you won’t get another, and I always hit my mark.” She purrs, staring him down in a dominant play. “BITCH!” Denis reaches for his gun, as do his men.
Bang! Then I hear a male groan. “Who the fuck shot a gun?”
I run up to Ember to keep her safe, as more bullets are being fired. She turns around towards me as I am reaching her, grabbing her arm to run to a safe spot. I turn toward Denis's goons, and they are all dead. A single gunshot to their heads.
Looking around for my brother's, I see that they are all fine and have their hands hovering over their guns. All but one is back there. Where the fuck is..
Turning towards Denis, I see that he is dead. FUCK. He was shot in the dick with part of the appendage lying on the floor, and stab wounds mar his skin all over his body. Aspen is standing over his limp body, covered in Denis's blood laughing like a maniac. His eyes glowing red as I see his horn buds starting to form on his head. Turning towards Ember, I wrap her in a crushing embrace to make sure she is okay, and hoping to hell she didn’t see Aspen lose control of his mortal form. Our goddess is fine, with some blood splattered over her face and clothes.
"Aspen, what the fuck!" Ezra yells at him, snapping Aspen out of his mania and bringing him back to his senses with his mortal form returning. Aspen pushes past all of us to go downstairs and out the backdoor .
"I'll follow him. Blaze call clean up. Onyx get Ember out to the car." Ezra commands.